Plea Seeking SC Status For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court To Await Outcome Of Challenge To New Panel Formed By Centre

Awstika Das

19 Jan 2023 6:00 PM IST

  • Plea Seeking SC Status For Converted Dalits : Supreme Court To Await Outcome Of Challenge To New Panel Formed By Centre

    The study conducted by the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission, which, in its 2007 report, endorsed the extension of reservation benefits to Dalits who converted to Islam or Christianity, failed to focus on certain ‘intrinsic issues’, the centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday. A three-judge bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Abhay S. Oka, and B.V. Nagarathna, was...

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das

    Awstika Das, an alumna of the Faculty of Law at the University of Delhi, and the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, is a Delhi-based lawyer and a multimedia journalist. She works as a special correspondent covering the Indian Supreme Court. She also hosts a weekly legal news round-up segment on YouTube.

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